Adult male Redheads have a blue bill, a red head and neck, a black breast, yellow eyes and a grey back. In a big group of ducks, males really stand out and are easy to spot. Adult females aren't so pretty; they have a brown head and body, standard for most female duck species.
There are several species of duck in this photo. Can you pick out the male Redheads?
Redheads breed in marshes and prairie potholes in western North America. After the breeding season, male Redheads go through a molt that leaves them flightless for almost a month. During the winter, Redheads migrate and can be found throughout much of the U.S. They tend to concentrate in coastal areas along the Gulf of Mexico, with hundreds of thousands of birds found in the Padre Island area of Texas (that would be a sight to see!).
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